Engraving
- Title:
- His Most Gracious Majesty King George the Third
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.0436
- Creator:
- Gainsborough
- Date:
- 1758
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of King George III. Engraved by Hopwood. Steel engraving printed on paper. Bust length portrait of a young man with a short white wig with rolled curl at the bottom, white collar with a white vest with buttons and a dark jacket with gold braid facing left; a circular dark background. Above the portrait is a crown with sprigs of laurel on the right and left it. Below the portrait is a scene which includes from the left to the right a lion, flowers, artist pallet and tools, a harp with a sheet of music and a unicorn. Under the portrait on the right side is printed "Hopwood Sculp" on the left side "Gainsborough pinxt in the year 1782". Printed below this"HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY KING GEORGE THE THIRD / Born May 23 O.S. 1758" Printed below this "Engraven as the Jubilee Print for La Belle Assemblee,N.O51.Pub.Nov.1.1809".
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-8 W-5.5 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- King George III (1738-1820)
- Subjects:
- King George III
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